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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 355

The Great War M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal T. Glancey, 1/8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Force), pre-war territorial with the 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion he managed to survive the terrible losses at the Second Battle of Ypres which saw that Battalion amalgamated

Military Medal, G.V.R. (302866 L.Cpl. T. Glancey. 1/8 A.&S. Hdrs - T.F.), light pitting and contact wear overall, very fine

Provenance:
Spink, December 1977.

M.M. London Gazette 11 May 1917.

Thomas Glancey was born at Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland and attested with the 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in 1911, serving with them as a Territorial. He was embodied for service on 5 August 1914 with the 1/9th Battalion, joining them in France on 19 February 1915. Going into action at the Second Battle of Ypres the 1/9th Battalion suffered appalling losses between 10-18 May. They lost 12 officers and 300 men on the first day alone, in effect they ceased to exist as a fighting unit, being temporarily amalgamated the 7th Battalion but were never brought back to strength.

Glancey did not remain with the Battalion, returning to Britian on 1 June 1915 and remaining there until 6 August 1916. Shortly after his return he was posted to the 1/8th Battalion in October. This unit was stationed around the Somme at the time at soon went into action in the Capture of Beaumont-Hamel.

The Battalion saw further heavy action at Arras and Cambrai in 1917, then transferring to the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division in February 1918. Glancey remained with the Battalion until the end of the war, being demobilised on 31 March 1920. After demobilisation he returned to the Reserves and continued to serve with the 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion, being finally discharged on 3 February 1930.

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Estimate
£200 to £240

Starting price
£160